The Yellow Duck Visits Fiesta Farm

"I've ridden a horse!" bragged Ms. Fish, as she leaped over a lily pad.

"You have not," the Yellow Duck argued. "You're a fish. You can't even leave water. In fact, you've never left this farm."

"Have so," Ms. Fish stuck her head out of the water. "I did too. I went to Fiesta Farms yesterday and rode a horse."

"How did you ride a horse?" the Yellow Duck scoffed.

"In a bucket," she replied haughtily.

The Yellow Duck swam to the other side of the pond. He stepped up to the bank and shook the water off his feathers.

"I don't believe you," he said. "And I'm going to prove you wrong! I'm going to Fiesta Farms right now to talk to them!"

When the Yellow Duck got to Fiesta Farms, he was determined to find out if Ms. Fish was lying. He stormed into the barn where he was greeted by a nice lady.

"Did Ms. Fish ride a horse yesterday?"

The lady looked surprised. "Well, I'm not sure. What did she look like?"

"Orange and scaly."

The lady nodded her head, a serious look on her face. "Could you tell me a bit more?"

"She has a black spot on her tail and wears pink lip gloss."

The lady nodded, her eyes twinkling. "Yup, she was here."

The Yellow Duck's eyes bugged out. "And she rode a horse?"

"Yup. One of our riders held her in a bowl. It was a trick stunt."

"What's that mean?" the Yellow Duck asked.

"It's something we did to be silly," she explained.

The Yellow Duck felt a little better that Ms. Fish only rode a horse because it was silly. He looked around and saw lots of animals. He saw several baby pot bellied pigs, two small horses, one big horse, goats and sheep. He even saw other ducks.

The lady saw him watching the animals and asked, "Would you like to see all our animals?"

"Boy, would I!" The Yellow Duck said enthusiastically.

The Yellow Duck spent the morning having fun at Fiesta Farms. He petted bunnies, rode a miniature horse and played checkers with Easy the watch goose. He had so much fun, he forgot why he came to Fiesta Farms in the first place.

When the Yellow Duck got back to his pond, Ms. Fish was smirking at him.

"What'd the tell you?" she said smugly. "I can ride, can't I?"

The Yellow Duck smiled and said, "Yes, you were right." He jumped into the pond and he started to swim.

Ms. Fish was so pleased she did a few flips. Gloating, she said, "I bet I was the best rider there, wasn't I?"

The Yellow Duck smiled. "They said you were the silliest."

Ms. Fish sputtered and swam off angrily. The Yellow Duck just laughed.

After all, the nice lady at Fiesta Farms had said he was the cutest rider there.